Barry Nelson:  

CLASS OF 1988
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Tomball High SchoolClass of 1988
Tomball, TX

Barry's Story

Anyway, life has been interesting, but too busy. It certainly hasn't been what I expected back in 1988 when I left Tomball. I should preface all this by saying that I put my trust in God to guide my steps and try to follow Him. I had a good experience at Baylor, but had too many distractions to do extremely well in school (I got a BA in psychology, and minored in religion). I met my wife Debbie (my main distraction!) there and we married in 1991. We lived in San Antonio for a couple of years while she got her graduate degree and I worked here and there and nowhere. We moved to a small town on the TX coast called Palacios when I went to work for a Christian camp and retreat center directed by my father in law. 3 years later, he left, and I was made director of the camp - Texas Baptist Encampment. In total, we were there for 9 years. It was a great experience, and a lot of hard work. We decided in 2003 that God was leading me to attend seminary, and we ended up in Cochrane, Alberta, Canada ...Expand for more
(near Calgary), at the Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary (we will be changing the name soon, b/c "Southern" just doesn't go with anything up here!). It's a very small school, and I enjoyed my time as a student immensely. We brought our 2 year old son, and have had 2 more kids - a boy and a girl - since we've been here. A masters degree here is a 3 year full-time commitment. Between family, heavy church involvement, and working for the seminary in donor relations and PR, I got done in 3 1/2. They hired me 6 months ago as the Director of Development (euphemism for fundraising) and I also teach at the college level and do some student recruitment. At this small school, we wear a lot of hats. My job involves a fair amount of travel, speaking, preaching, etc. I caught the school bug again during seminary, and in about 3 weeks, I begin a PhD program in church history at a school in Arlington, TX (by distance - I fly in 2-3 times a year). I'm very excited, but not sure how I'm going to fit it in!
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